User`s guide

Contents 4
Setting Up a Virtual Machine 71
Overview.................................................................................................................................................... 72
Supported Guest Operating Systems.......................................................................................................... 73
Typical Configurations............................................................................................................................... 75
Creating a Virtual Machine........................................................................................................................ 76
New Virtual Machine Assistant...................................................................................................... 77
Express Windows Mode ................................................................................................................. 79
Express Linux Mode....................................................................................................................... 84
Typical Installation Mode............................................................................................................... 88
Custom Installation Mode............................................................................................................... 90
Installing a Guest Operating System.......................................................................................................... 95
Installing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................................ 97
Parallels Tools Overview................................................................................................................ 98
In a Windows guest OS................................................................................................................. 101
In a Linux guest OS ...................................................................................................................... 103
In Mac OS X................................................................................................................................. 106
In OS/2 and eComStation Guest OSs ........................................................................................... 107
Updating Parallels Tools............................................................................................................... 109
Removing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................. 111
Adding an Existing Virtual Machine ....................................................................................................... 112
Importing Physical Computers and Virtual Machines ............................................................................. 114
Downloading Virtual Appliances............................................................................................................. 115
Working in a Virtual Machine 116
Starting, Stopping, and Resetting a Virtual Machine............................................................................... 117
Suspending and Pausing a Virtual Machine............................................................................................. 119
Using Mouse in the Virtual Machine....................................................................................................... 121
Changing View Modes............................................................................................................................. 122
Working in Full Screen............................................................................................................................ 125
Using Safe Mode...................................................................................................................................... 126
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine ..................................................................................... 127
Installing Applications in a Virtual Machine ........................................................................................... 128
Setting Up Parallels Internet Security ...................................................................................................... 129
Getting Acronis Applications................................................................................................................... 130
Placing an Image on Top of the Virtual Machine Window...................................................................... 131
Using 3D Graphics Applications.............................................................................................................. 132
Making Screenshots................................................................................................................................. 133
Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote.......................................................................................... 134
Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine................................................................................................ 136
Sharing a Mac Printer ................................................................................................................... 137
Setting Up a Printer via Bonjour................................................................................................... 138
Setting Up a Network Printer........................................................................................................ 139
Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine....................................................................................... 141
Synchronizing a USB Palm OS Device With the Guest OS .................................................................... 144
Changing the Configuration at Runtime .................................................................................................. 145
Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 147
Coherence ................................................................................................................................................ 148
Crystal Mode............................................................................................................................................ 152
Using the MacLook Theme in Windows ................................................................................................. 154
Sharing Folders and Disks ....................................................................................................................... 155
Working With Shared Files and Folders....................................................................................... 158